Q: Is 3,917,648 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,917,648 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 3,917,648 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 19 28 38 49 56 76 98 112 133 152 196 263 266 304 392 526 532 784 931 1,052 1,064 1,841 1,862 2,104 2,128 3,682 3,724 4,208 4,997 7,364 7,448 9,994 12,887 14,728 14,896 19,988 25,774 29,456 34,979 39,976 51,548 69,958 79,952 103,096 139,916 206,192 244,853 279,832 489,706 559,664 979,412 1,958,824 and 3,917,648, with no remainder.

Since 3,917,648 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,917,648, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).